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...admitted that audiences nowadays are harder to shock because swearing and sexual allusions are widespread...

Author: By Andrew M. Reider, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Dame Edna' Creator Graces Kirkland Stage | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

...with a note written on it. He asked her about it. She told him that for years before every race, she would write out some biblical verse--whichever she found most fitting for that day--and hand it to me for good luck, for protection, for confidence. With the shock of Neil's death heavy on our minds, Dale asked if she would do the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Lap: The Empty Parking Spot Next to Mine | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

...Missouri drivers notice a particularly clean stretch of highway this spring and wonder who to thank, it may be that they're in for a bit of a shock. In among the familiar signs proclaiming the good works of Kiwanis and Rotarians, they could well see one thanking the local chapter of... the Ku Klux Klan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ku Klux Klan Wins a Battle to Play at Cleanup | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

...Russians' claims of shock and amazement at this announcement are actually disingenuous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hanssen's First Day in Court | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

...part, by enforcing strict building codes. The Seattle area is defined by a plate sliding toward North America - and when that plate hits the coastline, it pushes underneath the continental shelf. Wednesday's quake originated more than 30 miles under the earth, and so by the time the shock got to the surface, we didn't feel it as much as we would have a shallower quake [like those generally seen in California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rattle in Seattle: How It Happened | 3/1/2001 | See Source »

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